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RICHARD LA FRANCE, TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE TOLEDO GLASS COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GLASS GATHERING AND SHAPING MACHINE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed July 5, 1913. Serial No. 777,449.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD LA FRANCE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Toledo, in the county of-Lucas and State of Ohio,iliave inventedcertain new and Useful Improvements in Glass Gathering and Shaping Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being. had therein to the accompanying drawlngs.

My invention relates to improvements in glass gathering and shaping machines, and

is an improvement upon the type of machine known as the Owens bottle-blowing machine,

shown in U. S. Letters Patent Nos. 766,768, dated August 2nd, 1904, and 870,664, dated November 12th, 1907.

The object of the invention is to simplify the construction, to reduce the vibration and to soconstruct the machine that it may be run at higher speed than has heretofore been practicable in such machines.

To this end, the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and comblnation of parts, as more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical central section through the machine frame, illustrating the central-pillar or support and the revolving frame, the operating parts being removed; 2 is a section similar to Fig. 1, with the operating parts of,one side of the machine shown in position, the parts being in position as when the bottle is being blown in the blow-mold; Fig. 3 is a section on the same line as Fig. 2, through the blank-mold and operating parts therefor, showin the parts in position when the blank-mold 1s being charged with glass from the tank and with'parts broken away or sectioned for. the purpose of illustration; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the rotary frame and dipping frame, with someof the parts removed and broken away; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of one of the dipping frames and portions of the rotary frame; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a section of the rotary frame, through the central column and operating parts; Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical central detail section upon the same plane as Fig. 2, showing the parts in positionfor blowing the blank; Fig. 8 is a section on the plane of line XX of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is an enlarged section through the blow-head and, blank-mold; Fig. 10 is a Q iOSS-SG tiOn on line YY of Fig. 9; Figs. 11 and 12 are plan views illustrating different positions of the neck-mold and supporting arms and thedotted lines the different positions of the" actuating devices for the body blank-mold; Fig. 14 is an enlarged section through the top ring of the stationary pillar or post, as illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the air-valve lever; Fig. 15 is a section through one of the swivel joints in the pipe connection; Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the bracket supported on the rotary frame, carrying the cut-off knife and showing in section the parts thereof, together with the operating mechanism for the cut-off knife; Fig. 17 is a top plan view of portions of Fig, 16; and Fig. 18 is a perspective view of the. lower portion of the dipping-head, showing most of the parts removed but illustrating the construction of the arms supporting the neck-mold and the body-blank mold.

I have not deemed it necessary to show all of the machines, such as the base and the driving mechanism, as they form no part of my present invention. As is wellknown in such machines, there is a central standard, or pillar, around which a frame revolves, this framecarrying a series of like mechanisms. On some machines there are six and some ten of these mechanisms, which are duplicates, and inasmuch as they are duplicates I have deemed it necessary to describe only a single one of each, it being the plane of the upper sections, as is clearly shown in the drawings. Supported upon and rotating about this central pillar is a rotating frame, illustrated in Fig. 1, with the operating parts removed. This frame consists-of an upper spider 5 and a lower annulus 6, connected by the posts 7 (one post for eachset of mechanisms), the lower ends of] the posts being of inverted U-shape,

or bifurcated, the furcations, 8, being secured to the lower annulus 6 at the outer edge thereof. Secured to the inner edge of the upper spider is thering 9, provided with circular ribs 10 on its lower face. This ring 9 rests upon a tubular bracket 11 formed at the top of the section 4 of the central pil lar,-which bracket, on its upper face, isprovided with complementary grooves 12 for the ribs 10. The bracket 11 has an inner Vertical flange 13 and terminates in horizontal flanges 14. The ring 9 bears against the vertical flange 13 and has a lateral flange 15 extending over the lateral flange 14 of the pillar, and a ring, 16, is secured to the flange, 15, by suitable bolts (not shown). At the bottom the annulus 6 is provided, at its inner edge, with a vertical circular flange 20.which, at its'lower edge, engages with a groove, 21, in the lateral extension of the section 2 beyond the section 3 of the pillar;

and on the bottom of the annulus 6, spaced from the flange 20, is asecond annular rib,

22,.engaging a groove, 23, in the top of the section 2. l

The construction thus far described com prises the general frame work of the rotating frame and the means by which that rotating .frameis supported and held upon the central stationary pillar.

The upper ring 9 is provided with annular chambers 24, 25 and 26, which are arranged above annular chambers, 27, 28 and 29' in the bracket 11; the purpose of these two sets of annular chambers being to form air, gas and vacuum passages, as will be more fully hereinafter describe Secured .to the underface of the annulus is a circular rack-bar 30.which trav l in a guide-way 31 on top of the section 2 of x the pillar; with which the pinion 32 engltlflg may be filled and withdrawn when e i The inold in which the-blank isfiformedgages, this pinion being upon'the shaft 33 which is driven by any suitable mechanism and causes the frame described. to rotate about the pillar, carrying with it the, mechanism attached to the rotating frame.

In the specific embodiment of my invention as herein shown, I have illustrated the mechanism for gathering and forming a hol-.

bottle.

low-necked bottle, such as the ordinary beer There is a frame which raises and lowers" on the rotating frame, which I call the dipping-frame, as it carries the gathering mold to and from theimolten .g'lass so that the comprises a neck-mold and a body-blank mold, each made in sections, and a cut-0E knife for severing the string of glass depending from the gathered glassin the blank. Mechanism is also provided for opening and closing the mold sections and for raising and lowering the plunger which forms theinitial blow-opening in the blank;

lowering the dipping-frame at any desired points in its travel. The dlpping-f'rame 40 is shown in Fig. 4

and is provided at its inner edge with guidebars, 41, which are adapted to slide in suitable guide-ways, 42, on the outer face of the posts 7 above they furcations 8. This frame 40 is counterbalanced by weights, J43, within the pillar, suspended from a bellcrank,-44, which is connected by a rod, 45, to-the bell-crank, 46, at the front of the revolving frame, and by a rod, 47, with the dipping-frame. As shown in Fig. 6, these welghts are wedge-shaped in cross-section and are provided with lateral ears, 48, which are apertured to engage a slide upon the rods 49, in their vertical movement. By making 'them ,Wedge-shaped they may be arranged in a compact circle upon the inside of the pillar and by guiding them on the rods, they are prevented from swaying in the revolution of the machine. v

'The dipping-frame, at its lower end, is

provided with a lateral projection forming the dipping-head, 50, below which sectional neck-molds, 51 and body-blank molds, 52,

' are arranged. 'The .neck-moldsections are attached to the outer ends of arms, 53,"which 'are' pivoted on a pin, 54, supported in the dip-' ping-frame and extending above and below the plane of the headj50. The two neck-mold arms, 53, are pivoted below the plane of the head and carry attheir outer ends the neckmold sections, "51." Thexbody-blank molds are carried upon the bifurcated arms, 56,- the lower furcations of which are pivoted at .the lower end of. the 'pin 54 below the plane of the head 50, and the upper .furcations of which are pivoted at. the upper end ofthe pin and ,above the plane of thehead, as plainly shown in .Fig. 18." These arms 56 carry suitable body-blank molds, 52.

The arms 53 have an extension 58, inward from the pin 54 and betweenthe inner ends thereof is'a s'pring','59, tending normally .to'

hold the neck-mold sections tightly together.-

On the blank-mold arms, 56, are su table pins, I

60, which, when the blank-molds are open to the desireddegree, will strike similar; pins on the extensions 58, compress the spring and openthe neck-molds, as shown in Fig. 12.

The blank-molds'arej opened and closed by means of a cam, 61,. carried on the pillar, with which a roller, 62,'engages .(Fig. 2). This roller is carried on a; slide, 63-, engaging .in a'slide-way, 64, secured to the post 7, and

is connected by a rod, 65, pivotedat its outer end with a slide, 66, engaging in a slide-way, v

67, secured to the lower end of the dippingframe, as plainly shown-in Fig. 2. 'Ihe rod 65 permits of the up-and-down movement of the slide 67 in relation to the slide 63.

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Connected to each of the blank-mold arms are toggle links, 70, 71 (Fig. 13), which are connected at their joint by links, 72, to a link, 73, which is in turn connected to the slideblock 66; arranged so that the inward and outward movement of the roller 62 will, through the connections described, open and close the blank-molds at the proper time and through the connections described will, at the extreme movement of the blank-mold, also open the neck-mold. 1

Bythe construction described I am enabled to pivot both the neck and the blank molds upon the same pivot, and by operating the neck-molds from the blank-molds I am enabled to simplify and condense the The dipping-frame is raised and lowered by means of a bell-crank 7 5', pivoted on the post 7, one arm of which is connected to a link, 76, which is pivotally supported upon a slide-block 78, moving in a slideway7 9 carried by the post 7. This slide-block has aroller, 80, running in a cam-way 81, carried by the pillar, by which the bell-crank is rocked uponits pivot. The other end of the bell-crank 75 is pivotally connected to a link, 82, which has a screw-threaded adjustment, as shown at 83, with the dippingframe so that the up-and-down movement of the dipping-frame may be adjusted to any desired plane within the range of adjustment.

As is usual .in machines of this kind, a pin or core is provided which enters theneck-.

mold and makes what is called the initial blow-opening during the gathering of the blank and then is withdrawn when the article is blown. This pin, or plunger, I-have shown in full and dotted lines at 8+1, Fig. 3. It is secured upon the lower end of a plunger-rod, 85, which is supported slidingly in a bearing, 86, formed at the outer end of the dipping-frame 40; and it is provided upon its inner face with a rack, 87, with which a gear segment, 88, pivoted at 89 on the dipping-frame, ngages. This gear segment is rocked about its pivot by a link, 90, which is connected with a slide-block, 91, sliding in a slideway 94 secured to the posts 7 and provided with a roller, 92, engaging a cam-way,

93, secured to the pillar.

.It is obvious that the rocking of the seg- 'ment about its pivot will raise and lower the plunger-rod 85 and with it the, pin or plunger 84 at the lower end thereof, into the blank-moldand away therefrom, at the desired time controlled by the shape of the cam 93. The plungeris cooled by air from a'pipe, 98, connected with a suitable source ofairl-supply and connecting into the top of passage-way 99 formed in the dippinga head beyond the plunger-rod 85. This pas sage-way, or pipe, 99, is provided at its lower end with branches, 127, which terminate in inwardly-projecting nozzles, 128, adapted to direct jets of air upon opposite sides of the plunger in its elevated position. At the lower end of the passage-way 99 is a plugvalve, 129, having an inclined passage therethrough, so that air may be admitted around the plunger-rod 85 and also therein through a port, 95; .or, by turning the plug in the proper direction, this air may be cut ofi'.-

96 are tension rods. extending from 'the' neck-mold sections 51 to an upper point on the dipping-head and acting through springs, 97, to yieldingly hold the neckmold sections tightly against the dippinghead 50, so as to maintain a tight joint,

Carried .on the dipping-head is an air-valve,

100, sliding in bearings in and out to shut oi the air supply for blowing or to connect the interior of the neck-mold with the airsupply, for blowing. This valve is connected bya link, 101, with thelower end oflever, 102, pivoted at 103 on the dippinghead, and its upper end having a wrist, 104,

engaging a cam-way, 105, in the rocking gear'. segment 88. The lower arm, 106, of this lever is pivoted to the upper arnrand the two sections are held yieldingly. together by means of. aspring, 107, between shoulders, 108, on the two lever arms, .so

that in case the valve should strike any ob- 'stacle, such as broken glass, or anything.

else, it can yield and not break the parts.

The air for blowing is supplied throu h a pipe, 109, which leads into the side 0 the blowing-mold and is made to communicate by suitable passages when the valve 100 is 'shifted outwardly, with the interior. of the blow-head and the mold, in the well-known manner and as clearly shown in Figs. 3, 7

and 8. When the valve is withdrawn, thlSJ- passage is shutoff. The pipe 109 is provided with suitable flexible joints, 110, "and is connected into the air-chamber 25, as

' shown in Fig. 15, the connection to the pipe being controlled by a. spring-pressed valve,

.111, which is'opened by means of a curved lever, 112, having a roller, 113, at its end;

bearing on a cam, 114, on the outside of the pillar. The vacuum connection, shownin Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, comprises a chamber, 115, in the dipping-head, which chamber, leads to one side thereof, and is connected to a vertical pipe, 116, which, at itsupper' end, is conhorizontal pipe 118. At the inner end, this horizontal pipe is connected by a universal joint, 119, with the ,vacuum, chamber 24. Passing vertically through the pipe 116 is a valve-stem, 120, having a spring-pressed valve, 121, at ,its lower end, for closing the connection from the pipe "116 to the chamber 115. This valve-stem is actuated to open and close the acuum valve 121 by means of a bell-crank lever, 122, which is actuated by a lever, 123, connected by a rod, [124, to the bell-crank, and having a roller, .125, at its lower end, bearing on a cam, 126,

on the outside of the pillar.

The cut-off mechanism for severing the string of glass which depends from the lower end of the blank when it is gathered into the blank-mold, as is usual in such machines, consists of a knife which rocks across the bottom of the blank-mold as it lifts from the molten glass. This knife is shown as a blade, 130, secured to-a rock-arm, 134, which is secured to the LOWGI end of a shaft,;131.

This shaft passes through a guide, 132," fastened to the dipping-head, and at its upper end is supported in a bracket, 133, which is secured to' the post 7, extending at one side of the post, as clearly shown in Figs. 4, 5

and 16. This bracket 133 is provided-at its outer end with a tubular sleeve, 135, Within which is the tubular bushing, 136, through which/the shaft 131-passes (Fig. 16). The bushing and shaft are keyed together at 137, so that they rotate in unison but so that the sha-ft'may have an endwise adjustment in relation to the bushing: The shaft at its upper end is provided with] a screwthreaded portion, 138, with which a nut, 139,

, engages, having any suitable means of rotation, such asahand-wheel, 140. Keyed to the upper endoof the bushing" is a pinion, I

141, having thereon lugs, 142, overhanging a flange, 143, at the lower end of the nut 139.

The pinion is pinned to the bushing136, or otherwise secured thereto, so; that. endwise movement imparted to the sleeve will move the pinion therewith andthrough the parts 142, 143, will also move the nut 139 and shaft 131. At the lower end of the bushing is a groove which engages a-collar, 1'44, upon opposite sides of which are pins, 145, with which engage the forked arm 146 of a bell crank lever journaled on the bracket 133, the other arm 147 of which is connected by a link, 148, with a slide, 149, engaging with a slide-way, 150, secured'to the post-,7 and having a roller, 151, engaging a cam-way,

152, on the pillar. Beside the pinion and engaging therewith in suitable guides formed in the bracket 133, is a rack-bar, 153, which at its inner end is connected by alink, 154, with a slide, 155, in the slide-way 150, and

I has a roller, 156, engaging a cam, 157, on the,

pillar. The bracket 133 is providedwith a lateral extension, 158, through which projects a'pipe, 159, connected with a suitable source of air supply, to .blow air upon the knife'when it is withdrawn from beneath the molds. These parts are so constructed that as the blank-mold lifts from the molten glass, having been filled by suction, in the well-known manner,'the rack-bar'will rotate the pinion 141 which will rock the shaft 131 and the rock-arm 134 across the lower end of theblank-mold and cut off the depending string of glass at the desired vpoint in the operation; and while the knife is still beneath the blank-mold the cam 152 is so shaped as to rock the bell-crank, 146, 147,

been lowered, it will rock away from beneath the blank-mold This lowering of the knife directly awayfrom the blankmold is desirable as the scraping action which would occur if the knife were with-.

drawn laterally across the blank-mold, tends to draw the glass with it and distort or mar 'the glass in the bottom of the blank, and thus produce a scar or an imperfect bottom on the bottle when the same is blown.

This machine, as is usual in machines of this type, is .provided with a sectional blowmold, 160, traveling on a cam-way, 161, supported in tlie hinged frame, 162, with actuatingdevices, 163, operated by a slide, 164, a roller, 165, and cam, 166, for opening and closing the mold' sections. This mechanism forms no part of my present invention, and I therefore have simply indicated it on the drawing. Its construction and operation will be well understood by reference to the patents. to which Lha've previously referred at the beginning of this specification.

The vacuum chambers24 and 27 are connected with a suitablevacuum pump by a pipe, 167; the chamber 28 is also connected with a suitable air-supply, under pressure;

and the chamber 29 isconnected with gas supply pipes which may lead from the chamber communicating with the chamber 29, with suitable gas-jets at any desired point in the machine which needs to be which, through the bell-crank 75 effects this lowering until the bottom of the blank-mold touches, or is in close proximity to, the top of the molten glass. At this time, the vacu-' um valve 121 is opened by its cam 126 and the connection described, and by atmospheric pressure on the molten glass the blank and neck-molds are filled with the molten glass and the blank formed. Through the cam 81 and the connections de scrib' d, the dipping-frame is raised as soon ing position. v

riding upon its cam-Way 161, has been lifted .to inclose the blank and the sections thereof the cam 61, roller 62 engaging therewith,

and the connections therefrom to the links 73 and the'connecting links 72, and 71. The plunger-rod. and the plunger 84 are then raised, by the cam 93 operating the slide 91, link 90, rocking gear segment 88 and rack-bar 87. As the plunger-rod is lifted the cam-way 105 rocks the valvelever 102 and shifts the valve 100 into blow- At this time the blow-mold,

have been closed about the blank by means of the cam 166operating the slide 164. The air-valve 111 is then-opened by means of the cam 114 and the lever 112, and air is admitted to the interior of the blank to blow the bottle to finished form. When the bottle is blown and as it approaches the end of its circular travel, the blank-molds are opened still farther than shown in Fig. 11 to the position shown in Fig. 12; when, by means of the pin 60 striking the levers 58 of the neck-mold, the neck-mold is opened sufiicientlyto allow the bottle to bewithdrawn therefrom. At this time, the bottle still being in the blow-mold and the camway 161 being inclined downward, the bottle in the blow-mold is "lowered out of the way of the blank-molds and neck-molds. The blow-mold sections are then opened to drop out the bottle, and the blank and neck-- molds are closed for repeating the operation described.

What I claim'as my invention is:

1. In a glass gathering machine, the com-' bination of thecentral pillar or frame, bearings therein, a guide frame supported on the bearing and rotating about the pillar, vertical guides on the guide frame, a dipping frame adapted to raise and lower on the guides of the guide frame, devices on the dipping frame adapted to be actuated dur ing its travel, stationary cams on the. pillar,

horizontal guides on the. rotating frame,

' zontal plane, avertically movable dippingframe on the revolving frame, a sectional gathering mold on the dipping frame, a stationary cam on the main frame, a guide on the revolving framepa slide in the guide engaging the cam, a guide on the dipping frame, a slidethereon, a connecting member connection from the slide on the dipping pivoted to the two slides, and an actuating frame to the mold section, to actuate the same.

3. The combination of the main frame, a revolving frame thereon traveling in a hori-v zontal plane, a dipping frame vertically movable on the revolving frame, a cam on the main frame, an actuating member on the revolving frame engaging saidcam and a bell-crank lever on the revolving frame connected to said actuating member at one end and at-the other end 'to the dippingframe.

' 4. The combinationof the mainframe, a

revolving frame thereon traveling in a horizontal plane, a dipping frame vertically movable on the revolving'frame, a cam on the main frame, a slide on the revolving frame having an engagement wilih the cam, a pivoted connecting rod on the s ide, a bellcrank lever on the revolving frame, to one end of which the connecting rod is pivoted, and a connection from the other end of the bell-crank lever to'the' dipping frame.

5.- In a glass gathering. machine, the combination of the rotating frame'havlng vertical guides thereon, a dippinggframe adapted to reciprocate on said guides, a. horizontal bar secured to the lower end of saiddippin-g frame and extending on both sides thereof, sectional molds pivoted to said bar,

outwardly of the vertical guides, and a guide for the actuating devices for the mold sections, inwardly of said vertical guides.

a sectional body-blank mold, and arms to which said mold sections are connected, said 7 6. In a glass gathering machine, the commove on said guides, a sectional neck mold,

arms being pivoted on a common pivotal center on the dipping frame.

7. In a glass gathering machine, the com-.

bination of the rotating, frame having vertical guides, a dipping frame adapted to reciprocate on said gu1des,. a sectional neckmold and a sectional body-blankmold, and a single pivot, carried by the dippmg frame,

upon which the sections of the neck and body-blank molds are journaled.

8; In a glass gathering machine, the combination of the traveling frame, sectional neck and blank molds pivoted on a common pivotal center, and double supports for the blank-mold, aboveand below the support for the neck-mold.

9. In a machine of the kind described, a

dipping frame, blank-mold sections, bifurcated arms supporting said sections, and.

neck-moldsupporting arms pivoted on the samepivotal center betweenthe bifurcations of the blank-mold arms.

10. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of the dipping frame, a lateral extension thereon, a pivot pinin the extension, and neck-mold supporting arms and blank-mold supporting arms supported on said pin.

11. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of the central pillar, the frame rotating about the pillar, posts at the outer edges of the rotating frame, a'dtipping frame having guides at its inner end engaging guide-ways on the posts, a vertical pivot on the flipping frame outwardly of the guides and neck and blank molds pivoted on said pin.

12. In a glass molding machine, the combination ofthe pivoted blank and neck mold supporting arms and means for actuating the neck-mold by the blank-mold arms.

13. In a glass molding machine, the combination of the pivoted blank-mold supporting arms, the'pivoted neck-mold supporting arms, and means for opening the neck-mold by theblank-mold arms.

14. In a glass moldin machine, the combination of the pivotedlank-mold supporting arms, the pivoted neck-mold supporting arms, a spring for normally holding the neck-mold sections closed, and lugs on the blank-mold arms, adapted to engage, and

move the neck-mold supporting arms to open position.

15. In a glass gathering machine, the combination of a stationary pillar, a frame rotating about the pillar, vertical guides on the rotary frame, a vertically movable dipping frame moving on said guides, the gathering mold carried by the dipping frame, a

bracket on the traveling frame extending out adjacent to the mold, a cut-off knife carried by said bracket, and means to actuate the knife when the dipping'frame is raised.

16. In a glass gathering machine, the combination of the traveling frame, the gathering mold carried thereby, a cut-off knife, means to actuate the knife to cut-off laterally across the mold opening, and to move the knife vertically away from the mold after the cut-off.

17. In a glass gathering machine, the combination of the traveling frame, the gathering mold carried thereby, a cut-off knife,

carried thereby, the-plunger-bar, 85; sliding in vertical bearings on the dipping frame, the gear segment, 88, pivoted on the dipping frame, a rack bar on the plunger-bar with which the gear segment engages, and means for actuating the gear segment on the travel of the frame.

-l9. In a glass gathering and shaping ma-:

chine, the combination of the traveling frame, the vertically movable dipping frame, the neck and blank molds carried thereby, a blow-mold traveling therewith, the plungerrod, a gear segment engaging a rack bar on the plunger-rod, an air valve, a cam on the gear segment, and a lever engaging the cam at one end, and the air,.valve at the other, for thepurpose specified. v 20. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of the cylindrical supporting pillar, a rotary frame adapted to turn about the same, a series of dipping-frames carried. on the rotating frame, separate counterweight for each dipping-glaring arranged within the pillar, and connections from the counterweights to the dippingframes. v

"In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in presence of'two witnesses.

RICHARD LA FRANCE. Witnesses T. H. MILLER, F. RIssER. 

